Quotes About Existence

Enniel was a powerful man, and he had powerful allies, but still he feared the task he had been given. He knew powers existed that were greater than the combined might of his people, and in the forthcoming chase, the prey might well turn and devour the hunters.

There is no such thing as truth or untruth. There is simply being, and perception.

The moment when he realised he was consciousness without form occurred when Ays tried to reach out towards the shrouded face. He had nothing to reach out with, other than pure desire.

Dwell in the darkness of thought and drink of the poison of life.

No one can walk the way of light without casting a shadow.

There would be no one god, but only an appreciation of the life force of the universe and its many masks and names.

Are you me, or an earlier version of me, or are you all the Valravens who have ever lived since the day Caradore fell to the Magravands? There is only one, he thought.

She was undeniably Ari, female, human, her bare arms pimpled with cold, who shivered in the breeze of a late spring night, who existed solely within the flesh that contained her spirit.

Sometimes being alive feels like a dream.

Everyone in the world has a part to play in the great drama of life.

Nothing could be more perfect than this moment, but all too soon it is gone, burning out among the stars.

Mikha'il and his kind, could only be statues, icons in this world. We could not admit they were actually real.

One moment of lapsed concentration and the tide of years would come crashing in, obliterating everything.

He realised there was another world going about its business around him, but he was never drawn into it, never a witness to its tragedies and celebrations.

Was this death, this unending plunge? Was there nothing more to it than this?

Walking towards the signal, where the sun hung high in the sky, the traveller was a solitary figure in an uncluttered scene. He felt as if this was the ending of something, not the beginning. He could walk away out of existence. Yet his boots made a solid, satisfactory sound against the road and his flesh felt real and comfortable about his bones. He was a good performer.

What are we but despairing souls trapped in lumps of flesh?

It is an addictive substance, life.

A place like this should not exist in such a cruel world. To find it there was to have hope restored.

We might have lived and died a thousand times, but what happened so long ago has never been resolved.

Humanity without our presence in their midst, would be like the world without sun or moon.

Here we are in darkness," Tayven said, "And for us, if we did not know better, this light would be all that existed. But we do know better. We know that outside the cave the world is bathed in light.

There are many myths concerning our previous, more visible existence in the world, but these are now only stories with which to frighten children.

We concluded they must have a proud and defiant streak within them, and must, in some ways, enjoy their precarious existence.